<p>I have a question, and I would appreciate some input. </p>
<p>My best score on the SAT was a 2100. (I was sick the first time I took it, and the second time I took it my score went up about 100 points) </p>
<p>Originally, I thought that I would take it for a 3rd time in October, but I wasn't really sure how much my score would increase. (100 points would be optimistic, but it has been 6 months since i took it) I thought that some of the schools that I was applying to (Georgetown SFS, UChicago, Carleton, Middlebury) needed higher SAT scores. </p>
<p>Yet, I was looking at the new edition of the 25-75 percentile ranges for these schools, and I was well into them, as opposed to at the bottom of them. (about the 40-50th percentile of admitted students, if I had to guess)</p>
<p>Now, this fall I really only have time to focus on one thing, and if I try to take the SAT again, my essays probably won't be as good. </p>
<p>Should I take the SAT again? Or should I try to really focus on the rest of my application and make it as good as possible and live with the 2100 SAT score?</p>
<p>2100 is an excellent score. If it was me, I'd retake it, but for your situation, I'd work on the application process more because you already have a pretty solid score. </p>
<p>Is one of your scores significantly higher than the other one? If so, I might retake it to try and balance it out. 2100 isn't bad at all though.</p>
<p>i would say it depends on your score out of 1600 (sans writing). if it is strong, then you probably do not need to retake it unless the writing score was horrible. i had the same 2100 score you do my first attempt. however, i was very dissapointed with my math score, and was bellow 1400 on the old scale. i retook it and raised everything. i got math up 60 points, reading up 40, and writing up 30. when i retook it, i studied much less and pretty much winged it compared to my first attempt. </p>
<p>however, i would say a 2100 seems fine for all the schools you are looking at except Gtown SFS. personally, i think your SAT scores matter more than your essays if you are out of range. if you are in range, then your SATs matter very little, unless you got a 2400. when you are in range for SATs and GPA, your ECs, recs, and essays mean the most to make you stand out. because you said you were in range, you should probably work on the only thing that is in your control: the essays</p>
<p>You are currently out of range for Georgetown SFS as the 25-75% range was 1360-1550 for the critical reading and math this past Spring. But SATs are not everything.</p>
<p>You are in the 25-75 range but in the bottom half and maybe bottom 38-40% of the class. You would, obviously, be far better off at 1460-1470 rather than where you are. As you move into the lower half the applicant pool you get more and more applicants as competitors.</p>
<p>But we are only talking about probabilites and not playing the game for real. Remember if you have a nice "rack" of AP scores or SAT II's you can easily compensate for low Sats. Also, Georgetown is very big on EC's that indicate future leadership.</p>
<p>I think since your score is in the middle of the range and not at the bottom for the colleges you're considering. Your essays will make a greater difference when it comes to admitting you or not. Even if your SATs aren't sky high, a great essay can still show how compelling a student you are and get you into the college of your dreams.</p>
<p>vienna man-
my SAT II scores are way higher than my SAT's (770 US Hist/770 Spanish/720 Bio-m) and I have a five and a four on history related AP exams (US history and US Govn't and Politics) but those were really the only two my school offered to me. will this compensate for my SAT's?? also, will this help me at SFS b/c i have a clear interest in history/foreign language rather than "critical reading" and "math" like on the SAT??</p>
<p>What you could do is report your scores now. Then retake the test. If you do better, report again. If not, rely on the first score report.</p>
<p>As an alternative, you might try the ACT. You may be one of those who do better on it.</p>
<p>Still, don't get me wrong, 2100 is a fabulous score. It will get your foot in the door at the places you are interested in. Whether you get accepted will depend on the rest of the application. A higher score, all things being equal, is obviously better, but don't obsess about it to the detriment of your essays, etc.</p>